Improvement in punch and die for making bale-ties



J. 0. RIETHMULLER. Punch and Die for Making Bale-Ties.

Patented Oct. 29.1878.

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JOHN G. RIE'IHMULLER, or RESERVE TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA.,

ASSIGNOR TO SIMEON N. DRAKE, OF

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUNCH AND DIE FoR MAKlNG BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,4 22, dated October29, 1878 application filled November 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. RIETHMiJ'LLER, of Reserve township, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Punch and Die (metal) for ManufacturingBale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,refcrencebeing had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of thedrawin g is a perspective view of my die and punch formanufacturing baleties, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionalview of the same. i

'M y invention relates to the manufacture of class of cotton-bale tieswhich are provided with a button-hole slot and lip for securelyfastening the revolving button; and the nature of my invention consistsin a die and punch so constructed as to punch the depress the lip all inone operation, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

' Theannexed drawing, to which reference is i made, fully illustrates myinvention.

. A represents the die, having a vertical orithe front end of which isrounded the entire length from top to bottom The rear end of thismortise is made square, and extends from the bottom upward to a point,b, about midway in the center of the die, and from the point b is an incline to d in the upper surface of the die near the rear end, as shownin Fig. 2. The die A is formed on its sides with ofl'sets or wings B B',aud over the die is placed a correspondingly-shaped stripping-plate, O,which is fastened to said wings B by bolts or screws. In the cap orplate 0 is a slot corresponding with the opening in the top surface ofthe die, and

a space is left between the die and the plate suflieiently large toadmit the iron strap to be cut. The size of this space may be regulatedby means of washers a: x, interposedbetween the wings B and the ends ofthe plate 0, so as to accommodate the device to iron of difl'erentthicknesses.

D represents the punch, the lower end of which is beveled or inclinedfrom the toe e upward and rearward to a point, f, where an angularofl'set is formed, and from this point it is similarly inclined to theheel h. The front edge of the die is made rounded or convex from the toee upward for a suitable distance.

The die and punch thus constructed are fastened in proper positions in asuitable machine for punching. The strap-iron I is passed into the spacebetween the die and the strippingplate when the punch is brought down.

The part from c to f of the punch cuts out a portion, 1', of the metal,while the portion from f to h cuts the lip m, and bends the'same down onthe incline b d. When the iron is taken out the button is inserted inthe hole formed by cutting out the part i, and the lip m pressed back toits original position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a means for forming baleties in which the end of the band isprovided with abuttonhole slot and a flexible lip, a punch and dieconstructed to cut an elongated slot, remove a portion of the metal toform the opening for the button, and bend down the remainder of the lipformed by the first cut, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The die A, provided with vertical H101" tise a. and incline b (1, incombination with the punch I), having two independent inc-lines from thetoe e to the heel h, separated by an offset at f, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

John 0. BIETHMZ'ULLER.

Witnesses i H. F. MCGRADY, D. E. DAVIS.

